VMware Signs Enterprise Licensing Agreement With Vodafone - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - VMware Inc. (VMW), a cloud infrastructure and business mobility company, announced Tuesday a software licensing agreement, under which Vodafone Group (VOD, VOD.L) would be able to access a range of the technology vendor's products.

As part of that agreement, VMware will be one of the vendors to support the operator's global roll out of Network Functions Virtualization or NFV to accelerate its delivery of future products and services in a rapid, cost-efficient manner.

Vodafone will deploy VMware vCloud NFV as part of its group-wide transformation program utilizing NFV and software defined networking technologies across applications and networks.

Vodafone will also receive Carrier-Grade Support, a new VMware offering to support the implementation of new software.